Parnelli

I've got a client who's buddy owns one of these 288 GTO's. Super rare. Worth over 1/2 mill

Trader220

Okay cross the 288 GTO off the list. The TR is still right in his wheel house

parsonii

i hijacked this thread in the worst way ...... 3 short weeks ago i was an fcar neophyte and thought a 355 was a car that could possibly hold it's value. i had no intent on buying a ferrari but as i researched the various cars to death and then found a suitable one, i pulled the trigger. thank you parnelli for starting this thread and thank you kuzi for cutting to the chase and pointing me towards this beauty:

INTMD8

I am enjoying mine.

At the time I bought it I was torn between the 993TT and 355GTS. Ended up with the GTS because the thing just sounds fantastic. Would still like to add a 993 someday however.

parsonii

inteternal medicine?? 355 guy ..... great choice and you should defiinitely pick up a 993tt. and in this internal medicine guy's opinion, it's the pinnacle in much of what porsche has done in form and function.

Parnelli

Parsonii

Great to hear that u took advantage of this thread! I have yet
to buy a F-car but I did just buy one of THESE this week to use as my DD!

http://www.insideline.com/jaguar/xj-...portfolio.html

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/to...-Portfolio.htm

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/jaguar/...lio-ar569.html


mine is the same color as the car in the links... Black Cherry Metallic

Riods007

355GTS is a beauty but you can't use it as DD like a 993TT. I would be afraid to drive the F-car knowing anything that goes wrong will cost me a fortune.

Turbodan

friend has a 288gto and thinks it is worth a million $
another has a testarossa he picked up for $45k.
both cool but outdated.
512bb is the deal now.
or maybe a 575

parsonii

very nice ..... really like the lines of the car and those side vents look very cool. you picked well. parnelli were you at all concerned about the deserved or undeserved reputation that jaguars have of being mechanically problematic? please post pics of your jag here --- i would love to see the inside. you did well. ok so back to the ferrari question: absolutely kuzi is right the CS is the car to get. it has a cult like following by the people "in the know" about ferraris in general. check out this thread:

http://www.6speedonline.com/forums/f...od-thread.html


ok one more pic of the cs i picked up.

Carrera GT

I've studied this question from the "exuberant Ferrari neophyte" perspective and while this thread is cooked and done, I want to respond to say your post is two decades of experience in a nutshell. The 360 CS, if the buyer wants it, is the pick of the litter. The 430 Scuderia may one day follow it, but I'm not yet so sure. The CS has had an unfortunate life of late and the few remaining cars that have not been picked up by idiots and destroyed and left as trade-ins on bloody Nissan GTR's or Corvette ZR1's, means there's potential for them to experience a value resurgence that could be the first of the "post 2008 market crash" options for an enthusiast to own an exceptional car, drive it only a few times a year and see it appreciate in value.

As for the 348, 355 ... they're interesting cars, but very much in the "kit car" era of Ferrari and, while entertaining to drive briefly, just try really getting settled into one, let alone doing whatever fortifications it would take to make one even remotely safe on the track -- the 964 and 993 are "hewn from a single billet" compared to the frailty and flex in those 90's Ferraris.0

Of course, the F40 is the undisputed apex, but that respect is well and truly reflected in the price. Speaking from the experience of someone that hesitated when the F40 was unloved circa 2000, I have to admit to being more than a bit tempted to put a Challenge Stradale in a trailer and park it for special occasions and the odd visit to the track. The limiting factor being, I'm so much more involved with the 993, the Ferrari just doesn't have that place in the garage or my attention and it's "status symbol" aspects only widen that separation. Nevertheless, I'd still consider selling a kidney to get a perfect F40.

StoryBook

It would be a real shame if you picked up that CS and didn't at least try it out where it was meant to exist. And that is on a racetrack. Nothing this side of a cup car or challenge car comes close to what the Stradale sounds like at WOT down a long straight. A couple of us got to experience that this past day or so at ORP. Not sure I've had this much fun in a car in quite some time.

StoryBook

Congrats!!! Shes beautiful!

Parnelli

very nice ..... really like the lines of the car and those side vents look very cool. you picked well. parnelli were you at all concerned about the deserved or undeserved reputation that jaguars have of being mechanically problematic? please post pics of your jag here --- i would love to see the inside. you did well. ok so back to the ferrari question: absolutely kuzi is right the CS is the car to get. it has a cult like following by the people "in the know" about ferraris in general. check out this thread:



I've owned Jag's for 13 years.....no problems ever.

parsonii

glanz wax and a final layering of pinnacle souveran spray wax ..... a great one, two punch that's effortless to apply. here's the car today:

revolution993

Love those CS but i still think one day the 993 turbo will match the price=)